Tabris

So here's my present situation: I'm aiming for Master's Degrees in IR or maybe China Studies or Security Studies. I'm wondering if I have a shot at some of these more competitive places despite a sub-par GPA. Schools I'm interested in so far: JHU-SAIS, Georgetown-SFS, Columbia-SIPA, Tufts-Fletcher, Princeton-WW, Michigan-Ford, GW-Eliot, Harvard-Kennedy (MPP). I'm probably leaning towards SAIS or SFS at this point. Undergraduate institution: Johns Hopkins Undergraduate GPA: 3.3. Major GPA: 3.7. Undergraduate Majors: B.A. International Studies (mix of Economics, History, and Polisci), with a focus on China Studies. I do have quant experience: micro and macro economics, and math I took when I was in high school. Calc III, Lin Alg, DiffEq, and Stats (with help from a local community college). GRE Quantitative Score: 164 GRE Verbal Score: 164 GRE AW Score: 5.0 Languages: Spanish (fluent), and some Cebuano (conversational). No Chinese though. Activities: Diverse Gender and Sexuality Alliance Model UN Wrote several editorial articles for school's political journal. Honors Society for the International Studies Founding member of university quiz bowl team, we won 2nd place last year and 1st in regional tournaments Letters of rec: At least three professors at school so far, one state senator, and one Senator. So the reason I'm posting all this is that I had a terrible freshman year. Depressed, nearly flunked out, etc. It really shows on my GPA and Transcript. I'm wondering if all the stuff I posted here would be able to balance that out, or whether I have to set my sights a bit lower.